Caption: So here I kiss the stone.
- Caption:
- So here I kiss the stone.
- Artist:
- Maclise, Daniel
- Materials:
- Paper (fiber material), Ink
- Techniques:
- Wood engraving
- Title of Publication:
- The reliques of Father Prout
- Publisher:
- George Bell and Sons
- Publication place:
- London
- Publication date:
- 1875
- Curator Comment:
- The kisser is Walter Scott who was indeed drawn by Maclise when he visited Cork in 1825. Father Prout stands behind but the episode as depicted here, like Father Prout himself, is fictionalised.
- Note on artwork:
- A man stoops to kiss the Blarney stone as second man raises a hand to heaven and third, his face concealed, looks on.
- References:
- ONDB online and DIB online and Grove Art online and Strickland
